by Isaac Gendler | Sep 15, 2020 | Blog, Resource Library
Introduction Southern California is famous worldwide for its varied terrain that ranges from sun-baked deserts to snow-capped mountains. But nothing is truly signature Southern California like its sweeping sandy beaches. Television shows such as Baywatch and The...
by Anthony Dedousis | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog, Resource Library
INTRODUCTION The Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) is a state-mandated process that estimates current and future housing needs in a city, and requires local governments to develop a “housing element” update plan to meet that need. Abundant Housing LA, a...
by Isaac Gendler | Sep 9, 2020 | Blog, Resource Library
This article is an update to the previous A Short Introduction to Zoning in Los Angeles. It was written in a time before the rise of the YIMBY movement and its effects on California State Housing Policy. There’s a fierce debate about the nature of housing going on in...
by Leonora Camner | Sep 1, 2020 | Blog, Resource Library
In California, housing affordability and homelessness were already in crisis despite robust economic times. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic recession are primed to make these problems much worse. Homelessness has been increasing in Los Angeles at a...
by Isaac Gendler | Aug 31, 2020 | Blog, Resource Library
California is famous across the world for its breath-taking Mediterranean climate, making it a magnet in people from Morocco to Maine and everywhere in the world. However, this comes with one major vulnerability. Wildfires. Wildfires have plagued California’s...
by David Edimo | Aug 17, 2020 | Resource Library
Summary Abundant Housing LA researched the relationship between homelessness rates and measures of the housing market across seven metropolitan regions. We focused on the average rent burdens (percentage of household income spent on rent) incurred by households at...